ICE Boston arrested Colombian illegal alien Diony Edith Ramirez Patino after Massachusetts released her from prison when an appeals court vacated her convictions for statutory aggravated r*pe of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
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His criminal history consists of 28 adult arraignments, including arrests for assault + battery on a family/household member (multiple),..assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (stick/tree branch), assault and battery on a person over 60/disabled, assault and battery with a blunt object, assault with a dangerous weapon (knife), assault with a dangerous weapon (machete),...assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (stick), strangulation, witness intimidation, assault and battery, and trespassing.
Just another one of Gov. Healey’s sanctuary sweethearts!
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WTF, democrats will tell you they just need more money. What a disgrace!
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Welcome to Massachusetts.
The national residential average is 18.31¢ per kilowatt-hour.
Massachusetts residents are paying 30.49¢.
That's 12.18¢ more, or roughly 67% higher than the national average.
We're told offshore wind will save us money.
Solar will save us money.
Electric vehicles will save us money.
Energy-efficiency programs will save us money.
Apparently, my electric bill never got the memo.
So here's my question for the geniuses on Beacon Hill:
Of that 30.49¢, how many cents am I actually paying for electricity?
And how many cents am I paying for Massachusetts' energy agenda?
How many cents go to offshore wind?
How many go to solar programs and net metering?
How many go to EV incentives?
How many go to energy-efficiency programs, including all those attics being stuffed with fluffy insulation?
How many go to mandates, subsidies, fees, surcharges, assessments, adjustments, and whatever other creative accounting terms are currently in fashion?
I'm not asking for a Beacon Hill press release.
I'm asking for the damn receipt.
Take every one of those 30.49 cents and show taxpayers exactly where it goes.
Because the national average is 18.31¢.
Massachusetts is charging 30.49¢.
So what exactly are we getting for the extra 12.18¢?
That's not a rhetorical question.
That's an audit request.
And one final question from an old Cape Cod curmudgeon:
Did the 11.39% pay raise for Beacon Hill legislators somehow get buried in the electric bill too, or is that itemized on a different receipt?
Day 692 of our little Massachusetts experiment in taxpayer democracy:
The citizens demanded an audit. The politicians apparently demanded more time.
We keep hearing about transparency.
We keep hearing about accountability.
We keep hearing about savings that always seem to arrive sometime after the next rate increase.
Meanwhile, the bill keeps going up, the explanations keep getting longer, and the receipt never seems to appear.
At this rate, they might as well rename the State House the Taxpayer Gulag:
A place where the inmates pay the bills, the oligarchy keeps the books, and anyone asking for the receipt is told to get back in line.
Probably retired with full benefits. Anyone know?
Mike Minogue for the win!!
Vote Red ♥️ for change
Save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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-22% Wellesley
-21% Marblehead
-19% Hingham
-15% Lincoln
-12% Newton
-12% Concord
-12% Brookline
-12% Duxbury
-11% Cohasset
-11% Andover
-10% Lexington
-9% Wayland
-9% Harvard
-8% Westwood
-8% Dover
-7% Winchester
-7% Belmont
-6% Medfield
-6% Sudbury
-2% Needham
-1% Weston
0% Sherborn
+1% Carlisle
+3% Southborough
+7% Boxford
+9% Norfolk
+14% Hopkinton
Note: Statewide private school enrollment is down 11% over same 7 yrs
Invest in private schools in FL 🚀
You couldn't pay me to ride the T
BOSTON — An investigation is underway after a dispute between two men on an MBTA bus turned violent on Sunday night, authorities said.
The alleged knife attack happened near Humboldt Avenue and Seaver Street in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood just before 10:30 p.m., according to Transit police.
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At this point in American history as a fully developed nation with modern welfare programs, plus our current fiscal mess, immigration should be extremely restrictive. Only the best of the best.
Only 2 groups are a net positive
These women are saying their (feminist) goal out loud, you just have to listen. It's not about women's mental health. It is about power and control. They want change so that women can kill with no repercussions, responsibility, or accountability for those actions. That is what they believe is best for women. Watch their actions. These actions prove their words.
Massachusetts has become a national laughing stock.
Some Massachusetts Democratic candidates refuse to debate GOP opponents, mirroring national trend
Many requests from GOP challengers declined, ignored or delayed
Voters in this November’s election will have to make their choices in several races without the benefit of debates as numerous Democrats in the state have declined head to head arguments with their Republican challengers.
Herald reporter Tim Dunn
By Tim Dunn | tim.dunn@bostonherald.com
PUBLISHED: September 14, 2026 at 5:15 AM EDT
Some of the biggest names appearing on the Democratic ballot in November will not be taking a debate stage, or at best, are waiting until after early voting starts September 29. The group includes state Treasurer Deb Goldberg, Attorney General Campbell
I will always support helping our local harvesters when they are hurt by a crisis, but checks after the damage is done are not a substitute for fixing the problem. Maura Healey should stop campaigning on problems, and start solving them. We’ve known about these infrastructure challenges for years. Emergency relief matters, but prevention matters more.
Maura Healey has let partisan politics become more important than the hard-working people of Massachusetts; our fishermen, our harvesters, our businesses, and our communities. As governor I’ll put people, not politics, first and solve problems.
Worth repeating, Maura Healey has let partisan politics become more important than the hard-working people of Massachusetts
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The couple refused to open the door and said they were going to wait for their lawyer to arrive.
Lawyer on speed dial eh? Damn criminals.
Should have self deported.
I absolutely voted for this🔥
Keep it going boys!!
Not nearly that much where I'm at but wow.
Stay safe if you’re still dealing with standing water or cleanup this morning.
Is this how our infrastructure is supposed to be with all the tax dollars we pay? A few hours of heavy rain and the drains and roads can’t keep up.
Sources tell us the Boston Children’s car thief is Ashawn Dabney-Small.
He has been arrested for several felonies in the past couple of years from A&B on elderly to motor vehicle larceny.
He was well known as a BLM activist during the height of George Floyd era and once even ran for Boston City Council.
According to his LinkedIn he has served as an Advisory Board member for @GBHNews
Great job Massdailynews.com !
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The estimated annual cost for two working parents has climbed to $44,221, up 5.7% in just one year.
That’s more than $3,600 per month.
There's got to be somewhere they can get some more money out of you Amirite Maura? 🤷🏾♂️
BOSTON — Boston police officers are pulling 16-hour days.
The patrolmen's union says the department is roughly 600 officers short.
Mayor Michelle Wu, followed everywhere she goes by a 24-hour Boston Police protective detail, told GBH News that the department is "at the right staffing level," as many residents say they don't feel safe.
Wu was asked twice. The interviewer put BPPA President Larry Calderone's number to her directly, then pressed her a second time on whether he was right that Boston is short hundreds of officers overall.
"The commissioner and I believe that we are at the right staffing level," Wu said.
This week, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn escalated further, telling Mass Daily News that the city has a "public safety crisis" and demanding elected officials stop pretending otherwise.
"We must acknowledge our dangerously low staffing levels at the Boston Police Department," Flynn said. "We need to prioritize the hiring of new police officers and respecting our current workforce and their families. Morale is low. Police Officers and their families are struggling, including a poor work life balance."
Flynn delivered a direct rebuttal to Wu's staffing answer.
"Consistently working a 16 hour shift for police officers is not the answer to our public safety crisis," Flynn said. "Boston Police Officers know they are not supported or even respected by Boston's elected officials."
And he called for a formal review.
"I'm now calling for a city commission that would study this public safety crisis and how we move forward to address recruitment and retention challenges," Flynn said. "The status quo is no longer an option."
On September 1, the BPPA itself put a number on the record — one.
The BPPA said one Boston Police officer had answered 911 calls for Roxbury, Mattapan and Dorchester for two hours the previous night.
On August 26, gunfire broke out at 288 Roxbury Street. On August 29, ShotSpotter caught another burst at 306 Warren Street in Roxbury, where officers found a 28-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds. Two days later, several Boston EMTs were hospitalized after being assaulted while working the Caribbean Festival. On September 5, a Boston man went on a downtown attack spree, stabbing strangers at a pharmacy and at a bar. On Sunday night, two moped-riding gunmen opened up on Egleston Square with a 13-round burst, wounding two people before disappearing down Blue Hill Avenue.
Officers are working double shifts. Neighborhoods have absorbed another summer of gunfire.
And Wu, asked twice on the radio whether the people who work the city's streets are right that there are not enough of them, said the department is where she wants it.
"We are at the right staffing level."
Massdailynews.com